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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2011
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Friday
HI: 64 Warmer and sunny with
L0: 37 winds from the west at 10 to
15 mph.
Mild and comfortable.
Saturday
HI: 65 Sunny.
LO: 45
Sunday Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers.
KU has won five of its last six bowl games. MU has won five of its last twelve.
Perfect for a walk.
Monday Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers.
HI: 63
L0: 42
Opinion editor Mandy Matney
HI: 66
LO: 48
Nice again
This is November, right?
Associate photo editor Chris Bronson
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A Saudi considered among the most senior figures in al-Qaida emerged Wednesday from nine years of secret confinement to face charges of orchestrating the deadly attack on the USS Cole in the start of a new round of Guantanamo Bay war crimes tribunals under a president who vowed to halt them.
Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri did not enter a plea as he was arraigned and the court dealt with a number of procedural issues. The detainee, who was subjected to the harsh interrogation techniques that his lawyers say amounted to torture, appeared engaged and occasionally smiled as he responded to questions from the judge.
The recall affects 447,000 vehicles in North America, as well as 38,000 in Japan and another 25,000 in Australia and New Zealand, said Toyota spokesman Dion Corbett. In Europe some 14,000 vehicles are being recalled along with 10,000 in the Middle East and 14,000 in Asia outside Japan.
WARSAW. POLAND
A new left-wing party in Poland demanded Wednesday the removal of a crucifix that hangs in parliament, a move seen by many citizens in the mainly Roman Catholic country as a provocative challenge to a cherished symbol.
Toyota Motor Corp. said Wednesday it is recalling about 550,000 vehicles worldwide mostly in the United States - for problems that could make it harder to steer.
Bala Nasarawa said he had received reports that people had been protesting, but that the situation was now stable.
The party, Palikot's Movement, filed its request with the new parliamentary speaker, Ewa Kopacz. It argues the crucifix violates a constitutional guarantee of a secular state.
The violence comes days after the killing of two women in a church of a nearby town spurred riots.
Kaduna state police chief Bala Nasarawa told The Associated Press on Wednesday that a curfew has been imposed in the town of Kafanchan and surrounding areas.
It is the party's first such appeal since the newly elected parliament held its first sitting Tuesday and follows a similar appeal made last month which went unanswered.
There have been no reports of accidents or injuries related to the problems, Corbett said.
LAGOS, NIGERIA
Police say turmoil has hit a town in north central Nigeria again just days after riots broke out in the area, which is beset by religious tensions.
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KC woman left in chair for five days at home
Jackson County prosecutor's office spokesman Mike Mansur said no decision will be made about possible charges until the medical examiner rules on Brown's cause of death.
"I've heard it could take some time." Mansur said. "I don't yet know how quickly it will come."
A suburban Kansas City woman was left sitting in a vinyl recorder for so long that her skin had fused to the chair and she had to be pried out to be taken to a hospital after suffering an apparent stroke, authorities said.
Carol F. Brown's adult son told a state official he had left his 74-year-old mother in the chair for five days without helping her get up to use the bathroom or bathe because he was honoring her wishes to die in her Independence home, according to court documents that described the woman as a "rotting corpse that was still breathing." Brown later died.
"It is an incredible story to me," Independence police spokesman Tom Gentry said Wednesday.
Police who searched Brown's home took prescription drug bottles and pills, a section of the reciner and a soiled towel, court records show.
Police were contacted after Brown was taken to a hospital Oct. 27 and found to have a maggot infestation inside an open wound around her ankle, according to the court documents that said Brown's home was "fifth with a heavy smell of bodily fluids and feces."
Brown's son, James Owens, told an official with the Missouri Division of Senior and Disability Services that his mother had been in the chair since Oct. 23 and that he was honoring her wishes to be left to die, the documents said.
Owens, who the documents said had started the application process to gain state aid to be his mother's caretaker, said he did give the woman tomato and chicken nood soup.
No working telephone listing for a James Owens could be found Wednesday and a number listed under Brown's name rang unanswered.
ODD NEWS
Man hides in leaf pile during police search
Police investigating an alarm at a Michigan restaurant used a thermal imaging device to find a fleeing suspect hiding in a pile of leaves.
The Grand Rapids Press reports that when the man was discovered concealed under leaves in a bush in Hastings, near Grand Rapids, he ran off again — and jumped into a river.
Police arrested the suspect
after he went to a nearby motel to change his clothes. Officers found a backpack belonging to the man that contained waste from methamphetamine production and say he likely was making meth in the motel room.
The man is being held on a probation violation. He is expected to face drug charges.
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